Word Meaning 南蛮菓子

なんばんがし nambangashi

南蛮菓子 is read as なんばんがし (nambangashi) and means confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized.

Meaning

English

confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized

Reading

Kana

なんばんがし

Romaji

nambangashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 130522 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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南蛮辛子

なんばんがらし

chili pepper (chile, chilli)

南蛮

なんばん

South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

南蛮人

なんばんじん

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

南蛮貿易

なんばんぼうえき

Nanban trade

南蛮船

なんばんせん

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

南蛮寺

なんばんじ

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

南蛮漬

なんばんづけ

roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

南蛮宗

なんばんしゅう

Christianity

南蛮煮

なんばんに

poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

駄菓子

だがし

penny candy

献上菓子

けんじょうがし

high-quality confectionary made using white sugar (Muromachi period)